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Trump's love of tariffs could be his undoing. I'm all for re-evaluating our trade relationship with China to the extent that we are helping our biggest geopolitical foe grow in strength... but you don't pick trade fights with your economic and ideological allies. And you don't keep waving the threat of tariffs around if you want companies to be able to make long-term investments. Corporations are starting to keep cash close to the vest because they're not sure where to put it, the same problem that caused so much drag on the Obama recovery.

Sorry, Trump is our president and therefore takes all the heat. But of course he never takes responsibility for anything negative, he just blames it on someone else. You should direct your disgust towards Trump and his trade wars for this possible recession

Wow I wonder how many of you took this approach during Obama’s Presidency??? I swear the entire 8 years anything that went wrong was ALWAYS Bush’s fault!

Donald Trump inherited an extremely strong economy from Barack Obama and the practices and procedures Barack Obama put in place to create the strong economy. Donald Trump filed bankruptcy six times! Donald Trump knows nothing about business or the economy. Blame Donald Trump, the smart genius, for the coming recession.

Donald Trump inherited an extremely strong economy from Barack Obama and the practices and procedures Barack Obama put in place to create the strong economy. Donald Trump filed bankruptcy six times! Donald Trump knows nothing about business or the economy. Blame Donald Trump, the smart genius, for the coming recession.

I agree with you that Donald Trump declared bankruptcy and knows nothing about the economy, but the economy wasn't all that strong under Obama. There isn't much difference between the Obama economy and the Trump economy. On paper, are things better today than they were during Obama's first term? Sure, but they are no different if not weaker than during the last two years of his second term. People are still having to work multiple jobs to make ends meet, wages remain relatively stagnant, consumption continues to essentially outpace productive activity, the consumer and firm is still in debt, malinvestments are being made, and the stock market is still a bubble. Just as Obama bailed out GM, Trump is bailing out farmers from his failed trade policy.

Sorry, Trump is our president and therefore takes all the heat. But of course he never takes responsibility for anything negative, he just blames it on someone else. You should direct your disgust towards Trump and his trade wars for this possible recession

Gold is up $200 per ounce in the last 3 months. Gold tends to spike when the wealthy are heading for cover.
Leading economic indicators are flattening out. This has preceded the prior two recessions.
The treasury yield curve has gone inverted three times since January.
A recession is coming. Yes. Trump is responsible for only that part of the economic downturn that can be attributed to the tariffs.

For Trump to blame the FED is irresponsible. They exist to prevent disaster and to keep inflation under control. Trump shouldn't monkey with that.

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